woebegone
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This woebegone era of frugality hath come to its end.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
In two years Curt Cignetti took a woebegone college team, with nary a five-star player, to an undefeated national championship.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2026
Like Clarence in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Gabriel is a bit of a woebegone misfit in a long coat who needs assistance from the humans he is supposed to be assisting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
That includes a 7-0 record against the woebegone Oakland A’s — and if there ever was a year the Mariners wish they had more games against the A’s this is it.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2023
For Prudence was an entirely different child from the woebegone shrinking creature who had stood in the roadway outside the school.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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